Today Phil & Maureen Breckell took me and my wife, (www.mycruisestories.com) on a photo safari to the Blue Mountains. The weather had an eerie fog with threatening black clouds and occasional blue splotches of sky mixed in for a unique opportunity for us to create some “artsy” images. Here’s a slide show of a few of my favorites. We also visited several lookouts near Katoomba and ventured over the top of the hills toward Lithgow, where we spotted four wild emu.

This lookout faces Three Sisters in the Blue Mountains.

This European points to the Blue Mountains after reading the map that explains the name of each peak in the distance

One of the lookouts at Katoomba looks like a flying saucer.

With several lookouts from which to choose, this image made me ask Phil to stop the car so I could take this shot. Thanks Phil!

This emu came close enough for a head shot with my Nikon

We enjoyed taking the time to photograph this willing subject.

Phil & Maureen told us we would find some wild emu, they were right, we found them.

We found four wild emu today. This emu loved having its image taken.

This small waterfall flowed lazily through the Blue Mountains

The Blue Mountains in New South Wales Australia have giant fern trees that stretch toward the sun.

The Blue Mountains in New South Wales Australia have giant fern trees that stretch toward the sun.

A foggy day with splotches of blue sky made an interesting subject for my camera.

A foggy day with splotches of blue sky made an interesting subject for my camera.

Tourists from around the world take millions of photos from these popular lookouts that give 180 degree views of the Blue Mountains.

View of Three Sisters from Katoomba lookout

On the west side of the Blue Mountains the blue ski with cotton ball clouds made for an easy photo.

This is one of my favorite “artsy” images of the day.

The huge trees with long vines stretch high into the misty clouds. This tree also has a patch of blue sky overhead.